Too Cheesy!
Ask anyone what Shavuos reminds them of, and they’ll likely respond eating cheesecake. This minhag seems to have been first mentioned by the Rema (OC 494:3) who explains that the extra dairy dish commemorates Shavuos’s unique Korban, the Shtei Halechem. Sefer Metaamei Moshe lists 149 different reasons for this minhag ! The Maharam Mirottenburg (615) related that after eating hard cheese, he could taste it hours later. The Rema (YD 89:2) paskens that it is appropriate to wait after eating hard cheese before eating meat, just as one must between meat and milk. R’ Moshe Feinstein (YD 2:26) points out that this is only a stringency. Interestingly, the Maharshal (see Shach YD 89:17) dismisses this custom as heresy as the Gemara (Chullin 105a) writes that there is no need to wait between cheese and meat! The Gra disagrees, saying that it is similar to adopting other personal stringencies. Nonetheless, this has become the accepted practice for Ashkenazim (See Chochmas Adam 40:13 ). Sefar...